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Jammin' at the margins : jazz and the American cinema

Title
Jammin' at the margins : jazz and the American cinema / Krin Gabbard.
Author
Gabbard, Krin.
Publication
Chicago, IL : University of Chicago Press, 1996.

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xi, 350 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Alternative Title
Jamming at the margins
Subject
  • Motion pictures and music
  • Jazz > History and criticism
  • Musical films > History and criticism
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-328) and index.
Contents
Introduction : Whose Jazz, Whose Cinema? -- 1. The Ethnic Oedipus: The Jazz Singer and Its Remakes -- 2. Black and Tan Fantasies: The Jazz Biopic -- 3. Jazz Becomes Art -- 4. Signifyin(g) the Phallus: Representations of the Jazz Trumpet -- 5. Duke's Place: Visualizing a Jazz Composer -- 6. "Actor and Musician": Louis Armstrong and His Films -- 7. Nat King Cole, Hoagy Carmichael, and the Fate of the Jazz Actor -- Conclusion: New York, New York and Short Cuts.
ISBN
  • 0226277887 (alk. paper)
  • 0226277895 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
95025337
OCLC
  • 33078274
  • ocm33078274
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries